Twenty younger volunteers have joined the Jos team, enabling Grace & Light to expand its schools’ ministry as they are available during week days.

They are fresh out of school or university themselves and able to empathise with the challenges facing secondary school students in Nigeria.

In early June they completed our new volunteers training programme and have been visiting schools and churches since, with the headquarters team and more experienced volunteers.

“They are enthusiastic and relishing going into schools to share their faith and social righteousness as well as counselling individuals before HIV/AIDS testing,” said international coordinator Tassie Ghata.

“We have their support now in schools as they are not working. Though we do know that once they get jobs they will no longer be able to support our schools’ ministry during the week.”